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Genesis 27:23

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23 And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,

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Arcana Coelestia #3572

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3572. 'Isaac his father said to him, Come near now' means a degree of perception more interior still. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying that he should draw near' as a degree of more interior perception resulting from presence. 'Drawing near' does not describe anything else.

  
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